Peru: Dozens Of New Oil Spills Devastate Northern Peruvian Amazon

Peru: Dozens Of New Oil Spills Devastate Northern Peruvian Amazon   Report reveals new PlusPetrol spills as government green-lights new oil development   Independent monitoring of Oil Blocks 1-AB and 8 in the Northern Peruvian Amazon has revealed devastating ongoing impacts of oil drilling, according to a recent report by the Federation of Indigenous Communities of the Corrientes River (FECONACO). A team of monitors from the indigenous Achuar and Urarina communities on the Corrientes River...

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